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President Donald Trump (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Pro-Trump ads paid for by taxpayers

Troy Farah

The controversial ads have invited bipartisan criticism. The White House said it was “educational" and "patriotic"

Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork in "The Monkees" (Michael Ochs Archives via Getty)

The Monkees was our first boy band

Melanie McFarland

Hey hey, Boomers and Gen X after-school TV kids: this one's for you

Dolly Parton performs on the Pyramid stage during day three of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton on June 29, 2014 in Glastonbury, England. (Jim Dyson/Getty Images)

A menu for Dolly Parton Day

Francesca Giangiulio

A Southern spread honoring the Queen of Country, with recipes tied to her life and legacy

Brian Karem in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Dec. 9, 2022. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's press ban? I've seen this show

Brian Karem

Before this week, only Jim Acosta and I knew what this felt like. It's nice to see some solidarity at last

'Looksmaxxing' influencer Clavicular (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Christian Vierig)

MAGA manhood is a real danger to women

Amanda Marcotte

Long before his arrest for rape, the looksmaxxing star built a brand based on contempt for women

A Wendy's burger is seen in Ohio on Aug. 4, 2026. (Marcin Golba/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Fast food and the private equity fallout

Alex Galbraith

The places Americans once loved for being cheap are a lesson in what buyouts do

Demonstrators protest the Trump administration's executive actions aimed at the Smithsonian Institution march to the National Museum of African American History and Culture on May 3, 2025. (Craig Hudson For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump's culture war with the Smithsonian

Alec MacGillis - ProPublica

Trump plans to install anti-woke warning signs outside the history museum

Donald Trump speaks briefly with the press as he walks with China's President Xi Jinping on September 24, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump folds as White house press returns

Troy Farah

A judge Trump appointed said he didn’t follow due process in the ban

The kitchen in Julia Child's old home in 2003. It has since been remodeled as the house is going on the market this month. (Evan Richman/The Boston Globe / Getty Images)

Julia Child’s home is for sale

Ashlie D. Stevens

Her longtime Cambridge home is on the market for $6.475 million, with plenty of Child history still inside

Cornell Young IV as Shaquille in "A Different World." (Daniel Delgado Jr/Netflix © 2026)

A homecoming for "A Different World"

Melanie McFarland

Netflix's anticipated revival prioritizes Black joy at a time when HBCUs and other universities have been targeted

Donald Trump speaks during the 81st United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images)

Trump abdicates as free world leader

Heather Digby Parton

The president's UN address showed he has ceded that position to Canada's Mark Carney

President Donald Trump arrives during the 81st session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Sept. 22, 2026. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

After Dems win, they can crush Trump

Dan Froomkin

A Democratic majority will have the tools to stop the Trump agenda — but it must use them

(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla / Pituk Loonhong )

Trump TV is already dead

Sophia Tesfaye

Trump's bid to go around the press shows he's lost his once-reliable touch with the media

A Ukrainian soldier remotely controls P1-SUN FPV interceptor drone on September 1, 2026 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Alex Nikitenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Race to AI drones in Ukraine-Russia war

Amy McAuliffe - The Conversation

I worry that the battlefield incentives to deploy more autonomous drones will completely push aside human targeting

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, from left, President Donald Trump, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller attend a Shield of the Americas meeting on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump admin spars with Iran at UN

Troy Farah

Global war is a major focus at the General Assembly this week

Milla Jovovich in "Resident Evil," directed by Paul W. S. Anderson (Rolf Konow/Sygma via Getty Images)

The "Resident Evil" films rule, actually

Coleman Spilde

Zach Cregger's reboot might surprise, but it can't thrill like its outrageous predecessors

A young woman drinking iced coffee (Boy_Anupong / Getty Images )

Is iced coffee unprofessional?

Ashlie D. Stevens

The drink is trivial. The unwritten rules around professionalism are not

There is often a gap between educational idealism and the hyper-competitive reality of schooling. (Getty Images)

Wanting the best school for your kid

Alex Galbraith

Nikole Hannah-Jones' controversial essay asks if you can fight for a better world while accepting the one you have

Natalie Harp, executive assistant to President Donald Trump, smiles as she arrives for an official welcoming ceremony inside the grounds of Aras an Uachtarain on Sept. 12, 2026, in Dublin, Ireland. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Natalie Harp isn’t a joke anymore

Amanda Marcotte

The aide’s constant flattery makes the president’s narcissism worse

Irish fans protest against Israel before a FIFA World Cup qualifying match between Ireland and Hungary in Dublin, Sept. 6, 2025. (David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Israel and Ireland wage a soccer war

Andrew O'Hehir

It should have been a minor, even friendly sporting event. Now it's an international incident

Sen. Susan Collins, center (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump blocked FBI's probe of Collins

William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, Kirsten Berg - ProPublica

The FBI sought to launch a pay-to-play investigation examining interactions between Collins and a top donor

President Donald Trump is seen in the electronic viewfinder of a television camera as he speaks to reporters about healthcare in the Oval Office at the White House on September 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"Trump TV" draws North Korea comparisons

Troy Farah

After banning several outlets from the White House, Trump launched his own news network. It's mostly reruns

Tom Morello (Didier Messens/Redferns/GettyImages)

Tom Morello wants rock dangerous again

Caryn Rose

On his new album, Morello urges listeners to fight for what they believe

Strata ingredients (Ashlie Stevens )

Don't meal prep. Make one nice thing

Ashlie D. Stevens

Like a cozy tomato-cheddar strata that practically makes itself

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